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The European Union (EU) made an impact across the globe with passage of the GDPR in May 2016. When it goes into effect on May 25, 2018, all companies—including international firms—doing business with individuals located in EU member nation territory must comply with the law’s far-reaching provisions. All living EU individuals’ identifiable personal information—regardless of where it is sent, processed or stored— must be protected, and proof of protection must be verified. The regulation states, in fact, that the protection of personal data is one of the “fundamental rights… of natural persons.